The death toll from massive flooding and mudslides in Brazil has risen to at least 605 people, and many more are feared dead in remote areas where rescuers have not yet reached. The continued bad weather has hampered rescuers' efforts to reach people stranded on remote hillsides in the affected region, north of Rio de Janeiro. Countless bodies remain buried under mud and debris. And the country fears more rain could cause additional deadly mudslides in the coming days. Storms earlier this week dumped the equivalent of a month's rain on the mountainous region. Rivers of mud leveled houses, threw cars on top of buildings and left some 14,000 people homeless. Landslides and floods are common in Brazil, often affecting poor communities with shacks built on steep, unstable hillsides.